Sacred Body: Biology and Soul

The focus of our Nia practice today, chosen at random from the cards for 2010, was “commitment.”
Whenever we see a word with the prefix, “com-” we know we’re in the field of relationship.  ”Com-” is from the Latin, cum, meaning “with.”  We are in relationship with . . . everything.
The suffix of “commitment” is from [...]

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Happy New Year!
. . . Whatever that means.
It might mean another holy every day opportunity to be here now and celebrate together the preciousness of what is happening.  ”Happy” and “happen” are from  Middle English hap, meaning “happen,” as well as “good luck.”  So “happiness” means “happen-ness” and “lucky.”  It’s the fortunate state of being present [...]

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Suppleness was the focus of class today.
“Supple” is from the Latin sub + plicare, meaning “to fold under.”  It’s related to ”pliable,”  as in the ballet movement, plié, which in French literally  means “folded”or “bending” to describe how the knees bend.
The word “suppleness” even sounds supple.  The sound of lippy “p”s rolling into the tongue-y “l” [...]

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How I approach everything is how I approach my body.

On Saturday I made yogurt.  I use fantastic raw milk I get from a dairy farmer and freeze for storage in gallon jugs.  I love this milk and it’s been therapeutic for my body during this healing time.
The milk had not completely thawed, so as I heated it [...]

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What if we heard the voices of each thing singing, “I am alive”?
As I begin to engage in the world a little more each day, I feel the vexing return of the hurried, fight or flight culture in my body.  I notice this because I notice I’m holding my breath.
I’m holding my breath, not in [...]

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(First in a series about healing pneumonia and asthma.)
Last night, my friends Sharon and Ronen came over to visit.  They brought chicken soup.  Ronen read this poem.

 
 
 
 
 
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to [...]

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The focus chosen for class from the basket today was diligence.
A thoughtful discussion ensued.  We spoke of the sensation of a startle response; the sensation of “should” or “have to” or “need to;” the sensation of love, passion, desire; of devotion, dedication; of courage and strength; of being like a seed, willing to sprout and [...]

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